mdkim
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Agreed. Very interesting read Kiwi. Glad you're with us.
Agreed. Very interesting read Kiwi. Glad you're with us.
Welcome! Thanks for your comments. Can you compare the sound difference of the D3's vs D1's?
As for amps, I could spend years looking!
I'm kind of leaning toward Soulution 501/520.
Wow! This thread has exploded since I last checked in...
I discussed your situation with Tyler at Nextlevel AV as he carries Raidho, Dynaudio, Naim, Burmester and Soulution. He recommends Soulution the 501s or the new 711 Stereo amp. As far as tubes are concered, I would suggest Octave Audio from Germany. They are a high current design amp.
As far as D1s vs D3s, I heard them in different rooms with different electronics...I would have to say that the biggest difference is slam and dynamics which obviously goes to the D3.
The older Rowland amps printed specs say "greater than 300" - 20-20 /8ohm.
When Stereophile measured the "greater than 300" damping factor was at 20 Hz and 1 kHz - 320.
At 20 kHz it fall down to 23.
Slew rate on the older amps was 30V.
A little slow.
On 825 and 925 the specs say "greater than 1000" at 1 kHz.
This is the same as the older 312.
That's sick Mike!!